Carrier iron and brake fulcrum



July 18, 1939. R. G. AURIEN 7 2,166,886

CARRIER IRON AND BRAKE FULCRUM Filed Sept. 4,1937

Patented July 18, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICIE CARRIER IRON ANDBRAKE FULGRUM Ray G. Aurien, Chicago, Ill., assignor to American SteelFoundries, Chicago, 111., a corporation of New Jersey ApplicationSeptember 4, 1937, Serial No. 162,410

14 Claims. (01. 188205) My invention is directed to a novel form ofsteel casting designed for use as a railway car underframe reinforcingmember, a carrier iron and a fulcrum means for brakes associated withsaid car. ure 3 is an end elevation; 6'

In certain types of railway cars it is desirable Figure 4 is afragmentary transverse sectional to make such a connection between thecar body view through a railway car structure showing a and the brakerigging, which is normally supportion of the underframe and a portion ofthe ported on the car truck, as will prevent a resultcar truck with mynovel reinforcing casting and ant of forces tending to move the truckaway fulcrum bracket incorporated therein; and 10- from the center pinconnection with the car Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the body.One such type of truck and brake arcar and truck structure shown inFigure 4. rangement is described in detail in the co-pend- Describing inmore detail the form of my novel ing Hedgcock application bearing SerialNo. casting generally indicated at I, it will be seen 15, 72,894 andfiled in the United States Patent that the casting comprises aplate-like body por- Oflice April 6, 1936, wherein fulcrum connections tOn 2 elevated t s pp ends as at 4 and 6 are provided on opposite sidesof the bolster in and reinforced throughout the major portion of thesame plane thereof in order to prevent a its length by the verticallydisposed longitudinal tendency to rotate the bolster and, at the sameflange 8 which merges at one end into the eletime, a fulcrum point forthe brake rigging as vated portion 4 d at t pp end into the 20 a Wholeis provided by a connection to the underbrake lever fulcrum structuregenerally indicated frame of the car body in the vicinity of the at HThe opposite ends of the casting are procoupler carrier iron. In theconstruction shown vi-ded with the rivet holes l2, l2 forming a means inthe Hedgcock application above referred to, of connection to the spacedcenter sills l4, I4

5 as Well as in the embodiment shown herein for (Figure 0- Reinforcing te juncture of the illustrative purposes, a lever forming a portion brakelever fulcrum Ill and the elevated end of the brake system is fulcrumedat a point portion 6 is the vertical flange It. The upper intermediateits ends at a convenient point along Surface of the Plate 2 along eCenter Portion the center sill forming a part of the car body thereof asat 8, I8 affords a seat for the yoke underframe. Inasmuch as such anarrangement, no y Su rou ding the draft gear. In the 30 where required,results in the application of unvicinity of the bracket H! the castingis widened usual stresses to the center sill, I have designed as at 2B nOrder to form t e transverse slot 22 a special form of carrier iron,fulcrum bracket of a Width suitable to accommodate the central andreinforcing casting which may be made use portion Of the brake lever u eof in such an arrangement of railway brake fla p and bottom faces 0f theSlot 22 desig- 35 rigging. nated respectively 26 and 28 closely confinethe An object of my invention is to design a novel brake lever 24 andprevent tilting thereof. The form of center sill brace, carrier iron andbrake lever 2 is secured within the slot by means of fulcrum which willaccommodate such constructhe pin 39 which is received in the alignedopentions as are above referred to. ings 32 and 34 formed respectivelyin the bottom 40 A more specific object is to design a steel castand topwalls of said slot, said pin 30 being ing which will permit thefulcruming from the retained in position by the bolt and nut assemblycar body of the brake rigging associated with 36 which is secured in thealigned openings 38 the railway car truck While, at the same time, and46 formed respectively on the ears 42 and 45 furnishing reinforcement ofthe center sill struc- 44 at the bottom of the fulcrum structure. 40

ture to compensate for the additional stresses In Figures 4 and 5 I haveshown a typical apinvolved. plication of my novel form of casting to theWith these and various other objects in view, underframe of a car body.It will be apparent the invention may consist of certain novel feathatmy novel casting is secured to the center DU tures of construction andoperation as will be sills at the normal position of the carrier iron,more fully described and particularly pointed out between the car endand the bolster IS. The in the specification, drawing and claimsapcasting l is secured to the under surface of the pended hereto. spacedcenter sills I4, M as by means of the In the drawing which illustratesan embodirivets 45, 45, the depressed central portion of its ment of thedevice: upper surface forming a seat I8 for the yoke 55 normallyassociated with the draft gear, said casting having adjacent one endthereof the novel form of brake lever fulcrum 10 as above described. Thebrake lever 24 is received in the slot 22 as most clearly seen in Figure4 and secured therein at a point intermediate its ends by the pin 30.

Other portions of the brake rigging may normally be connected to theopposite ends of the brake lever 24 as at 48 and as shown for example inthe above described Hedgcock application Serial No. 72,894.

It will thus be seen that in my novel form of composite casting I haveprovided at a critical point a substantial reinforcement for the spacedcenter sills of the car body while, at the same time, furnishing anadequate carrier iron and a satisfactory form of fulcrum connection forbrakes normally associated with the truck upon which the car body issupported.

It is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited by the exactembodiment of the device shown, which is merely by way of illustrationand not limitation, as various and other forms of the device will ofcourse be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a railway car a car body including spaced center sills, asupporting truck for said car body, a reinforcing member connecting saidspaced center sills, said member comprising a depressed center portionforming a seat for a draft gear yoke and an integrally formed brakelever fulcrum, and a brake lever secured in said fulcrum at a pointintermediate the ends of said lever and adapted to serve as a means ofconnection between said car body and brake rigging associated with saidcar truck.

2. In a railway car a car body including spaced center sills, a trucksupporting said car body, a cast steel reinforcing member connectingsaid spaced sills and forming carrying means for a draft gear yoke, abrake lever fulcrum integrally formed with said member, and a brakelever secured in said fulcrum and adapted to form a means of connectionbetween said car body and brake rigging associated with said car truck.

'3. In a railway car a car body having spaced center sills, a trucksupporting said car body, a

cast reinforcing member joining said spaced sills and serving as acarrier iron, a brake lever fulcrum integrally formed with said member,and a brake lever secured in said fulcrum at a point intermediate theends of said lever and adapted to serve as a means of connection betweensaid car body and brake rigging associated with said car truck.

4.111 a railway car a car body having spaced center sills, a trucksupporting said car body, a cast steel reinforcing member for saidspaced sills, a longitudinal reinforcing flange and a bracket comprisingspaced walls defining an opening for a brake lever, and a brake lever isecured in said opening and adapted to serve as a means of connectionbetween said car body and brake rigging associated with said car truck.

5. In a railway car a car body including spaced center sills, asupporting truck for said car body,

a cast steel reinforcing member connecting said sills, said memberhaving a seat for a draft gear yoke and an integrally formed brake leverfulcrum, and a brake lever positioned in said fulcrum and adapted toserve as a means of connection between said car body and brake riggingassociated with said car truck.

6. In a railway car spaced center sills, a cast steel reinforcing memberjoining said sills, said member comprising a depressed central portionforming a seat for a draft gear yoke and an integrally formed brakelever fulcrum, said fulcrum comprising top and bottom walls forming aslot therebetween, and aligned openings in said walls for the receptionof brake lever securing means.

7. A cast steel reinforcing member for a railway car center sillcomprising a depressed plate portion serving as a seat for a draft gearyoke, longitudinally arranged reinforcing flanges, and an integrallyformed bracket on said member comprising top and bottom walls and endwalls defining a slot for the reception of a brake lever.

8. In a railway car a car body having spaced center sills, a trucksupporting said car body, a cast steel reinforcing member for saidspaced sills, said member comprising a seat for a draft gear yoke, and abracket having spaced Walls defining an opening for the reception of abrake lever, certain of-said walls having aligned openings for thereception of securing means for said lever.

9. A cast steel reinforcing member for a railway car center sillcomprising a depressed plate portion serving as a seat for a draft gearyoke, longitudinally arranged reinforcing flanges, and an integrallyformed bracket comprising top and bottom walls defining a brake leverslot, and aligned openings in said Walls for the reception of securingmeans for a brake lever.

10. In a railway car spaced center sills, a cast steel reinforcingmember joining said sills, said member comprising a depressed centralportion forming a seat for a draft gear yoke, and an integrally formedbrake lever fulcrum.

11. A cast steel reinforcing member for a railway car center sillcomprising a depressed plate portion serving as a seat for a draft gearyoke, longitudinally arranged reinforcing flanges, and an integrallyformed brake beam fulcrum.

12. In a railway car center sills, a cast steel reinforcing member forsaid sills, a brake lever fulcrum integrally formed with said member,said member having longitudinally arranged reinforcing flanges.

13. In a railway car center sills, and a cast steel reinforcing memberfor said sills, said member having a yoke seat and an integrally formedbrake lever fulcrum.

14. In a railway car a cast steel center sill reinforcing membercomprising a seat for a draft gear yoke, and an integrally formed brakelever fulcrum.

RAY G. AURIEN.

